The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-02

THE ZONE Us. TIE SALOON
THE PROLONGED BATH d
FOR THE PEOPLES RIGHTS
IN THE STATE SENATE
Day after Day the Fight Goes 0nI
The Progress of the amendment StsB.
borTaly Contested at Every Step.
On Tuesday, Jan. 25th, at 1O1 a
~, Senate Joint Resolution No 3
being the proposed Prohibition
Amendment, was announced as
the special order, and On motion of
Mr.. Morris the same was laid IN
the table, and on his motion House
Joint Resolution No. l was taken
up, being the same already passed
by the House, as follows:
The PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Az
PASSED BY THE House.
FIRST DAYS sKIRMIsHING.
House Joint Resolution No.
! proposing an amendment to the Consti.
| tuition OF the State, prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of Intoxicating LIQUORS. ;,
"Resesred by the Legislature Of Vest Juginta.
| tao thirds Of all the members elected 10 each
| House agreeing thereto:
That the following be and the same
| is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of this State, to- wit: That section
46, of Article VI, of said Constitution. as
it now is, be stricken out, and the following
be inserted therein in lieu thereof"
"48 The manufacture, sale and keeping
| for sale, of all intoxicating liquors, drinks,
mixtures and preparations, except as here.
matter provided, are forever prohibited
| within this State; and the Legislature shall.
without delay provide by appropriate leg
islation for the strict enforcement of this
| provision. But the Legislature may provide
| by law for the manufacture, sale and keep.
ing for sale, of alcohol, and preparations
thereof, for scientific, mechanical and me-
dicinal purposes, and of wine for sacrament
tai purposes, under sufficient penalties and
securities, to insure the due execution of such
laws as may be enacted under this section"
Mr.. Scott demanded the ayes and
noes and the demand being sustain
ed, they were ordered and taken as
| follows:
The ayes we're:
MeSsrs. Price President ! Arnold,
Bond, Brown, Carr, Dawson, Flour
noy, Furbee, Gettinger, Gwinn,
Maxwell, Minear, Morris, Nc.
Creery, Snyder, Sweeney, Switzer,
Unger, and Woodyard-19.
The noes were:
Messrs. McCallister, Oxley, Price
of Marshall, Scott, Sommerville
and Van Pelt-6.
Mr.. Morrison not voting.
So the motion to suspend the
rule was agreed to, and the resolu-
ton read a first time.
Mr.. Scott moved to amend the
Joint Resolution, by adding at the
end thereof the following:
"But such prohibition shall not affect or
apply to liquor sold, produced or manufac-
uured by any person or corporation now
engaged in the business of manufacture ng
producing, or selling liquor, until an ade-
quate compensation shall have been paid
to such person or corporation for all dam
age, which shall be occasioned, as well by
rendering unstable the liquor on hand, as
by impalring or rendering useless the prop
erty employed in such manufacture or sale
Mr.. Flournoy offered as a substl.
tute for the amendment provided
by Mr.. Scott the following:
provided further, that compensation
shall be made for all property injured or de-
stroyed by the enforcement of this amend
ment, and the Legislature shall provide the
means for such compensation"
Mr.. Scott accepted the substl
tute.
On motion of Mr.. Morris,
The Joint Resolution was made
the special order for tomorrow al
1920, a. NJ.
SECOND DAYS BATTLE.
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